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Bar Harbor Story 7 21 Planning Board Weighs Minutes’ Purpose as Lodging Moratorium Data and Presentations Near Possible Completion. Public Works Presentation Currently Set for October. Citizen Worries About Process.
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Planning Board Weighs Minutes’ Purpose as Lodging Moratorium Data and Presentations Near Possible Completion.

Public Works Presentation Currently Set for October. Citizen Worries About Process. Carrie Jones Sep 05, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The 1932 Criterion Theatre. BAR HARBOR—Exactly how detailed should minutes for town boards be? That question surfaced at a September 3 Bar Harbor Planning Board meeting when Chair Millard Dority wondered about how his criticism of the town’s slow pace on a … Continue reading Planning Board Weighs Minutes’ Purpose as Lodging Moratorium Data and Presentations Near Possible Completion.

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Possible Vacation Rental Regulation Brought Up at Trenton Planning Board Meeting Planning board conditionally approves two projects, financial audit and other topics from July 8 select board meeting
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Possible Vacation Rental Regulation Brought Up at Trenton Planning Board Meeting

Planning board conditionally approves two projects, financial audit and other topics from July 8 select board meeting Shaun Farrar Jul 17, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. TRENTON—Vacation rentals: the topic with the most potential to be interesting for the near future of Trenton did not come up until the end of the Trenton Planning Board meeting on July 16. … Continue reading Possible Vacation Rental Regulation Brought Up at Trenton Planning Board Meeting

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Bar Harbor Will Look Toward Potential Lodging Moratorium Extension This Week While Another Potential Hotel Project Waits Warrant Committee Organizes, Design Review Board Approves Restaurant Deck
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Bar Harbor Will Look Toward Potential Lodging Moratorium Extension This Week While Another Potential Hotel Project Waits

Warrant Committee Organizes, Design Review Board Approves Restaurant Deck Carrie Jones Jun 28, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Town Council will hold a public hearing that will potentially extend its moratorium on lodging (such as hotels and inns) projects and renovations on Tuesday, July 1. The meeting begins at 6:30 and is at the town’s municipal building on Cottage Street. During that hearing, members … Continue reading Bar Harbor Will Look Toward Potential Lodging Moratorium Extension This Week While Another Potential Hotel Project Waits

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Planning Board Presses Forward with Lodging Moratorium Review, Cottage Street Gas Station Proposal Will Return Also begins review of potential land use amendments for Nov. election
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Planning Board Presses Forward with Lodging Moratorium Review, Cottage Street Gas Station Proposal Will Return

Also begins review of potential land use amendments for Nov. election Carrie Jones May 16, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—Earlier this year, the town council passed a moratorium that pauses the construction of new lodgings and enlargement of others and since then, the planning board and staff have been working on gathering data to help inform decisions and understand the situation of lodging in Bar Harbor. … Continue reading Planning Board Presses Forward with Lodging Moratorium Review, Cottage Street Gas Station Proposal Will Return

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Moratorium Talks: What Has a Place in Bar Harbor? Workshop continues to collect information
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Moratorium Talks: What Has a Place in Bar Harbor?

Workshop continues to collect information Carrie Jones Apr 01, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BAR HARBOR—As the Bar Harbor Planning Board worked through lodging moratorium issues, March 27, its members heard a history of transportation and lodging on Mount Desert Island from Dr. Sean Cox, managing editor of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society’s Chebacco. “It wasn’t an automobile island … Continue reading Moratorium Talks: What Has a Place in Bar Harbor?

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During Lodging Moratorium, Town Also Looks For Housing Answers
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During Lodging Moratorium, Town Also Looks For Housing Answers

Planning Board Unanimously Recommends Comprehensive Plan Carrie Jones Mar 11, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. BAR HARBOR—Trying to create more housing in Bar Harbor, which is already the largest population on Mount Desert Island, isn’t going to be easy, the town’s planning board agreed last week. “It’s going to be difficult,” Bar Harbor Housing and Community Planner Cali … Continue reading During Lodging Moratorium, Town Also Looks For Housing Answers

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New(ish) Moratorium, New Mission: Planning Board Takes on Lodging Rules Comprehensive Plan Scheduled for March 10
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New(ish) Moratorium, New Mission: Planning Board Takes on Lodging Rules

Comprehensive Plan Scheduled for March 10 Carrie Jones Feb 09, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board made apparent, February 5, that as one giant town planning project gets closer to its ending, another begins in earnest. And when it comes to looking into the rules related to Bar Harbor’s zones and lodging, it’s going to be a lot of work. “The council approved … Continue reading New(ish) Moratorium, New Mission: Planning Board Takes on Lodging Rules

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Campground & Camping Vehicle Standard Changes Put on Hold in Bar Harbor Potential changes to short-term rental residency definitions, Salisbury Cove Corridor, and language moved forward to town council
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Campground & Camping Vehicle Standard Changes Put on Hold in Bar Harbor

Potential changes to short-term rental residency definitions, Salisbury Cove Corridor, and language moved forward to town council Carrie Jones Feb 01, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. BAR HARBOR—The public hearing on a proposal to adjust rules around the town’s campground standards was taken off the planning board’s agenda for another review. It will not face voters at the town … Continue reading Campground & Camping Vehicle Standard Changes Put on Hold in Bar Harbor

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Hospital Expansion Moves to Public Hearing Lobster Storage Plan in Town Hill a Go.
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Hospital Expansion Moves to Public Hearing

Lobster Storage Plan in Town Hill a Go. Carrie Jones Jan 30, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Planning Board on Tuesday moved forward Mount Desert Island Hospital’s plan to expand and renovate. A public hearing on the project will occur March 5. “She’s got good bones. She’s got great bones,” Hospital … Continue reading Hospital Expansion Moves to Public Hearing

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In Bar Harbor, Council Unveils Potential New Cruise Ship Plan Plan includes cruise-free days, monthly and daily caps
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Looking For Another Way, Bar Harbor Debates How to Limit Cruise Ships

To repeal or not to repeal: that is part of the question CARRIE JONES AUG 09, 2024 BAR HARBOR—One after another, approximately a dozen citizens spoke to the Bar Harbor Planning Board Wednesday night and told the board’s members that they did not want the town’s cruise ship rules to be taken out of the Land Use Ordinance. However, a couple of citizens and two … Continue reading Looking For Another Way, Bar Harbor Debates How to Limit Cruise Ships

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